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look how weak growth has been in this election year in the obama presidency? well below even what it was in 2004 for george w. bush and the second quarter drops more. very anemic growth. we don't know the third quarter numbers. we'll get those before the election. president obama we know he's trying to do something no one's done with fdr, win with the unemployment rate above 7.2%. look at gdp numbers to win, it would be a bit of history. >> certainly would be. john, thanks very much. we're going to have much more coverage, full coverage of tonight's debate president obama and governor romney face-to-face as american voters weigh their choice. the first presidential debate takes place tonight. you can watch it live. our coverage begins 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> a fiery speech by then-senator barack obama sets off some media fireworks five years later. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insur
look how weak growth has been in this election year in the obama presidency? well below even what it was in 2004 for george w. bush and the second quarter drops more. very anemic growth. we don't know the third quarter numbers. we'll get those before the election. president obama we know he's trying to do something no one's done with fdr, win with the unemployment rate above 7.2%. look at gdp numbers to win, it would be a bit of history. >> certainly would be. john, thanks very much....
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in order to cast a ballot in next month's presidential election. supporters of the law say it's sdintd to prevent fraud at the polls. >>> at $165 million, it's a steal. the obama administration has decided to buy an empty illinois state prison, once considered for relocating guantanamo bay prisoners. it will house high-security federal inmates and alleviate overcrowding in other prisons. officials say it will not be used for guantanamo detainees, which is prohibited by law. >>> american teenagers are getting the message, drinking and driving don't mix. a new study shows cases of drunk driving among teenagers fell 54%. good news. >> i wonder what those numbers are for texting? i bet that's on the rise. >>> turns out hitching a ride on amman atee is illegal in the sunshine state. a florida woman says she had no idea doing this was against the law. it is. you can't do it. she could face a $500 fine and up to 60 days behind bar. florida law protects manatees from alleged abuse. sheriffs released this photo to track down the woman and she turned herself
in order to cast a ballot in next month's presidential election. supporters of the law say it's sdintd to prevent fraud at the polls. >>> at $165 million, it's a steal. the obama administration has decided to buy an empty illinois state prison, once considered for relocating guantanamo bay prisoners. it will house high-security federal inmates and alleviate overcrowding in other prisons. officials say it will not be used for guantanamo detainees, which is prohibited by law....
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that's going to be true whether obama or romney wins this election. >> jeffrey toobin, the author of "the oath," thanks for coming in. >> all right. >>> one of the best-selling vehicles in the united states is now getting recalled. a defective power steering hose could trigger fires. find out if your car is in the recall. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> a suicide bomber targets a joint nato afghan patrol. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." what happened? >> it's another reminder of the dangers in afghanistan. taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for today's attack in eastern afghanistan. the afghan interior ministry says 14 people, including thr
that's going to be true whether obama or romney wins this election. >> jeffrey toobin, the author of "the oath," thanks for coming in. >> all right. >>> one of the best-selling vehicles in the united states is now getting recalled. a defective power steering hose could trigger fires. find out if your car is in the recall. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪...
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it is just 36 days until the presidential election, and both mitt romney and barack obama will be virtually invisible today. they're hunkering down for wednesday's debates and a chance to score big points in a race that's still too close to call. >> let's be honest. i'm not going to sit here and come on this morning and sugar coat the last couple of weeks. they've been tough. but here's the great news for republicans, we have a candidate doing extraordinarily well on wednesday night. the first time he has the opportunity to stand on the same stage with the president of the united states and the first time a majority of the people are going to vote in this race will have an opportunity to make that direct comparison and see the two of them. and when they do, i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night, lay out his vision for america, he's going to contrast what his view is with what the president's record is and the president's view for the future and this whole race will be turned upside down come thursday morning. >> challengers tend to do well in debates. w
it is just 36 days until the presidential election, and both mitt romney and barack obama will be virtually invisible today. they're hunkering down for wednesday's debates and a chance to score big points in a race that's still too close to call. >> let's be honest. i'm not going to sit here and come on this morning and sugar coat the last couple of weeks. they've been tough. but here's the great news for republicans, we have a candidate doing extraordinarily well on wednesday night. the...
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what's fascinating, wolf, is that when this election began it looked like president obama was better positioned in those sun belt swing states because they more reflect his national coalition, but in fact today he's doing better in those rust belt swing states which are more of a headache for romney because the president is simply running better among the blue collar and older whites who are very prevalent in those states, he's running better in the midwest among those voters than he is anywhere else. >> is that in part because of the car industry? the auto industry he helped bailout gm and chrysler? >> clearly that's part. one, in other parts of the country are evangelical christians very strongly republican, less of a factor in the midwest, but certainly the auto bailout is important. and just the message. that is where the case that they have tried to make that mitt romney is not someone who gets your life, not someone who kind of understands what you're going through has probably has the most effect. and you really see it in the movement in the polls among blue collar women in pl
what's fascinating, wolf, is that when this election began it looked like president obama was better positioned in those sun belt swing states because they more reflect his national coalition, but in fact today he's doing better in those rust belt swing states which are more of a headache for romney because the president is simply running better among the blue collar and older whites who are very prevalent in those states, he's running better in the midwest among those voters than he is...
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you can wait until election day and realize you don't know where your precinct is. with early voting it gives us more chances to catch people. >> reporter: veteran republican strategist concedes president obama is ahead as september winds down and early voting opens. >> anybody that knows football the fourth quarter is when most of the action appears so october will be big and if romney has a good start to the month, we'll be fine. >> reporter: he warns against making too much of the early rush. >> in 2010 democrats had an edge in early voting as well. i can't tell you exactly what the edge was but it was a significant edge and republicans still swept the state. it is the difference of strategy, you put your money in the last three weeks or the early voting. >> reporter: the gop sent the first early vote mailing just this week. >> can mitt romney and paul ryan count on your support this november election? excellent. and would you be interested in voting early this election? >> reporter: karen is credited with making the iowa gop's 1 millionth voter call this cycle.
you can wait until election day and realize you don't know where your precinct is. with early voting it gives us more chances to catch people. >> reporter: veteran republican strategist concedes president obama is ahead as september winds down and early voting opens. >> anybody that knows football the fourth quarter is when most of the action appears so october will be big and if romney has a good start to the month, we'll be fine. >> reporter: he warns against making too much...
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out to match the 2008 obama landslide, it will exceed it. that's what, for example, "the new york times"/cbc/quinnipiac poll showed in ohio that just came out yesterday. they have democrats turning out in numbers far in excess of the democratic advantage of 2008. just use a commonsense test. does it feel that way? do the crowds at obama events look that way? the answer's no. >> cornell, what about that? you're a pollster. you just heard ari. what do you say to it? >> well, a couple things. one is when a campaign starts complaining about the public polling, you know they're in an awful lot of trouble. there's a lot of confusion here. i mean, one of the things is they are basing this on party identification. party identification is fluid. it changes over time, and a lot of it has to do with the position of the party brand. so to say that, you know, there's too many democrats in there sort of excuses the ideal that party identification hasn't in fact been changing. unless you can look at registered voters and most of these public polls, you're
out to match the 2008 obama landslide, it will exceed it. that's what, for example, "the new york times"/cbc/quinnipiac poll showed in ohio that just came out yesterday. they have democrats turning out in numbers far in excess of the democratic advantage of 2008. just use a commonsense test. does it feel that way? do the crowds at obama events look that way? the answer's no. >> cornell, what about that? you're a pollster. you just heard ari. what do you say to it? >> well,...
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now president obama's campaign is responding. >>> forget waiting until election day, voting already started in the crucial battleground states. >>> and our national security secrets being revealed by hollywood. >>> i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> a dire warning and a dramatic illustration by the israeli prime minister. speaking to the united nations general assembly benjamin netanyahu literally drew a red line as he urged the world to stop iran from developing a nuclear weapon. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. before, before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb. before iran gets to a point where it's a few months away or a few weeks away. from emassing a enough uranium to make a nuclear weapon. >> dramatic words, indeed. kate baldwin is here, as always. kate, stand by. we also want to talk about what's going on with the obama campaign's national press secretary ben lebolt joining us live from chicago. very quickly, ben, does the president agree with prime minister netanyahu's definitio
now president obama's campaign is responding. >>> forget waiting until election day, voting already started in the crucial battleground states. >>> and our national security secrets being revealed by hollywood. >>> i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> a dire warning and a dramatic illustration by the israeli prime minister. speaking to the united nations general assembly benjamin netanyahu literally drew a red line as he urged the...
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when you look at the recent polling of gallup, 70% of jewish vote earls backing president obama. mitt romney is going after the vote criticizing the president for not meeting with benjamin netanyahu and came in a few hours ago, the president will talk to netanyahu on the phone tomorrow. interesting, though, following the speech how much they talk about that red line that we clearly saw, most clearly as you said, today. >> we'll get a readout on that conversation as you point out. there's been criticism in the time that the president was in new york didn't meet with world leaders, ie, benjamin netanyahu. poppy harlow in new york for me. thank you so much. >>> before nearly 200 world leaders, this what we've been talking prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu repeats the call of iran to stop the nuclear program. more on that next. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when
when you look at the recent polling of gallup, 70% of jewish vote earls backing president obama. mitt romney is going after the vote criticizing the president for not meeting with benjamin netanyahu and came in a few hours ago, the president will talk to netanyahu on the phone tomorrow. interesting, though, following the speech how much they talk about that red line that we clearly saw, most clearly as you said, today. >> we'll get a readout on that conversation as you point out. there's...
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if you talk to obama aides, they wish that the election were today but they know it's not. in talking to -- listening to one of the spokespeople for president obama, jen sockey, she sa they'll [ inaudible ] from the people. >> reporter: president obama touched down in ohio for the 13th time this year. a rainy, dreary day. but make no mistake, the sun is shining on the obama campaign in this key battle ground state. polls show the president is widening his lead over mitt romney in the bucky state. the latest cnn poll of polls shows obama up by seven points. a week earlier he led by five. >> we'll win ohio again. we'll finish what we started. >> reporter: in this state where one in eight jobs is tied to the auto industry, obama's 2009 auto bailout plays well with voters. >> when my opponent said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. [ audience boos ] >> i said no, i'm going to bet on america. i'm betting on american workers. i'm betting on american industry. [ cheers ] >> and today, the american auto industry has come roaring back with nearly 250,000 new jobs. [ cheers and
if you talk to obama aides, they wish that the election were today but they know it's not. in talking to -- listening to one of the spokespeople for president obama, jen sockey, she sa they'll [ inaudible ] from the people. >> reporter: president obama touched down in ohio for the 13th time this year. a rainy, dreary day. but make no mistake, the sun is shining on the obama campaign in this key battle ground state. polls show the president is widening his lead over mitt romney in the...
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obama leading in four crucial swing states. now, the new polling was done after the release of mitt romney's secretly recorded remarks to a group of wealthy donors back in may. romney told them as you know that 47% of americans are dependent on government, see themselves as victims and will vote for president obama no matter what. he said it wasn't his job to worry about them. he says he didn't say it very elegantly but as you saw at the top, mr. romney doubled down today with cnn's jim acosta on that now debunked ad claiming that president obama is taking the work requirement out of welfare. in addition, as we said, there's new polling out tonight with a special focus on the economy. i talked about it earlier with chief national correspondent john king and chief political analyst gloria borger. so john, new polling out today from the "washington post" focuses on two of the most critical states in the election cycle, obviously ohio and florida. what do they show? >> they show bad news for governor romney heading into the big we
obama leading in four crucial swing states. now, the new polling was done after the release of mitt romney's secretly recorded remarks to a group of wealthy donors back in may. romney told them as you know that 47% of americans are dependent on government, see themselves as victims and will vote for president obama no matter what. he said it wasn't his job to worry about them. he says he didn't say it very elegantly but as you saw at the top, mr. romney doubled down today with cnn's jim acosta...